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ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET BOARD LIMITED

Play-Cricket Website Terms and Conditions

BY CONTINUING TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE SUB SITES CONNECTED TO IT YOU ARE CONFIRMING THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE SET OUT BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MUST LEAVE THIS WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY

The Play Cricket Site Network. This play-cricket website is part of the playcricket network of sites which also includes a number of sub sites ( Sub Sites ) that are administered by English County Cricket Boards, cricket clubs and other organisations ( Cricket Organisations ).

About us. This play-cricket website is owned and provided by the England and Wales Cricket Board Limited ( ECB ), a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 3251364. Our VAT Number is 672 86077 07. The Play Cricket Site Network is operated and hosted by the ECB. If you need any information or have a complaint about the Play Cricket Site Network or any of our services please contact us by one of the following methods:

Privacy. Your privacy, and that of each other person whose information you provide to us, is important to us. Please see the play-cricket Privacy Policy for details of what personal information is collected and how it will be used and protected.

Site users. There are 4 categories of users for the Play Cricket Site Network:

USER TYPE

DESCRIPTION

Super Site Administrator

The organisation that has overall control over the whole Play Cricket Site Network and content. This is currently the ECB

Main Sub Site Administrator

The person nominated by the Cricket Organisation that has control over a Sub Site forming part of the Play Cricket Site Network (normally an English County Cricket Board, a cricket club, league or other cricketing entity)

Sub Site Administrator

A person nominated by the Cricket Organisation that provides a Sub Site and who administers that Sub Site on its behalf

Members

Users of any Sub Sites forming part of the Play Cricket Site Network. All members must be over 18 years of age or have the permission of their parent or guardian to use the Play Cricket Site Network

Additional terms. Additional terms, which form part of these terms and conditions, apply to the access and use of certain ECB and/or Play Cricket Site Network services. Please click on the relevant link(s) below to view the
terms:

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THESE TERMS BEFORE USING THE SERVICE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE TIME TO READ THEM

Terms that apply to purchases made on any of the Play Cricket Network sites

Available at time of purchase

Registration. Users of the ECB services (including the Play Cricket Site Network) may be required to register in order to use certain facilities.

THE PLAY-CRICKET REGISTRATION ONLY APPLIES FOR USE OF PLAY-CRICKET SERVICES. ECB PARTNERS MAY HAVE THEIR OWN REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

Neither the ECB nor any Cricket Organisation is under any obligation to accept a request for registration and they each reserve the right to suspend
or terminate access at any time if your continued use is believed to prejudice the ECB, its systems or services, the Play Cricket Site Network or other users. By
registering to use any ECB services (including any part of the Play Cricket Site Network), you confirm that the information you provide during the registration
process is accurate and complete. You agree to update your registration details promptly if they change. All registration information you provide will be
kept secure and processed in accordance with the relevant ECB privacy policy which, in the case of Play-Cricket, will be the Play-Cricket Privacy Policy.

Username and passwords. During the registration process you may be allocated, or invited to choose, your own username and password which will be unique to you. You are responsible for keeping your username and password confidential and for ensuring that they are not used by any other person. In some cases, your username and password may be used for multiple ECB systems and services to make your use of them simple.

ECB Partners. The ECB has business relationships with a number of third parties and some of the goods and services available on or through this website are provided by those third parties. An up to date list of these is available by clicking here . Each ECB Partner has its own terms of business and privacy
practices and you should check that you are satisfied with them before you agree to take any of their goods or services.

Offers, promotions, software and downloads. The ECB, ECB Partners and each of the Cricket Organisations may occasionally promote their goods or services on the play cricket website, any Sub Site or through other direct marketing initiatives or may make software and other materials available for you to
purchase or download. Whilst we carry out some checks on ECB Partners and the Cricket Organisations and try to encourage them to offer good quality products, services and materials at competitive prices we have no control over them, or give you any assurances about the products or services they offer, or that they will be suitable for your needs. It is your responsibility to satisfy yourself in this regard and we have no liability in connection with the same.

Ownership of materials. This website, the Sub Sites, the design of each and the materials and software on them or provided to you through any of them, are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights and laws throughout the world and are owned by, or are licensed to the ECB, Cricket Organisations and/or third parties.

License terms. You are permitted to display the materials on the Play Cricket Site Network on a computer screen and, save for restricted access documents, to download and print a hard copy for your personal use or for obtaining products or services from us or any of the Cricket Organisations
provided you do not alter or remove any of the content or any part of the play-cricket website or any Sub Site without our express written permission to
do so and that you do not change or delete any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notices.

You are permitted to establish a link to the play-cricket website from other sites provided that, if we believe it would damage the ECB, any other Cricket
Organisation, any ECB Partner, or might otherwise damage the reputation of cricket you remove the link immediately if we ask you to do so.

You agree not to:

copy, reproduce, store (in any medium or format), distribute, transmit,
modify, create derivate works from all or any part of the Play Cricket Site
Network or the materials or software on it, or provided to you through it,
without our prior written consent (which may be given or withheld in our
absolute discretion)

use the Play Cricket Site Network or any of the materials or software on it, or provided to you through it, for:

any unlawful purpose or in contravention of applicable law

commercial exploitation without our prior written consent

any unlawful or inappropriate advertising

any purpose or in any manner that may give a false or misleading or negative impression of the ECB, our staff or our services or those of any Cricket Organisation

use, upload or transmit

any material that is defamatory, offensive, obscene, sexually orientated, racist, threatening, intimidating, false, misleading or otherwise unlawful, or which may cause offence or distress or which may affect or infringe the rights of any other person

any device, software, file or mechanism which may interfere with the proper operation of the Play Cricket Network or ECB systems

decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer (or attempt to do any of them) any of the software or other materials provided on or through the Play Cricket Site Network

do anything that may interfere with or disrupt the Play Cricket Network or our service

impersonate any other person when using the Play Cricket Site Network

encourage or permit others to do any of the above

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE RESTRICTIONS, ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY YOUR ACTIONS MAY BRING A CLAIM AGAINST YOU, THE ECB AND/OR ANY CRICKET ORGANISATION. THE ECB AND/OR CRICKET ORGANISATIONS WILL PURSUE A CLAIM AGAINST YOU FOR ANY LOSSES AND COSTS (INCLUDING LEGAL COSTS) WE MAY EACH SUFFER AS A RESULT OF YOUR ACTIONS

Suitability of materials provided via the Play Cricket Site Network. No assurance is given that the materials provided or available to you on or through the Play Cricket Site Network are suitable for your requirements or that they will be secure, error or virus free and neither the ECB nor any Cricket Organisation will have any liability in respect of those materials.

Materials submitted to the Play Cricket Site Network. You confirm that you own or have sufficient license rights, permissions and consents to be able to provide to the ECB for use as anticipated by these Terms and Conditions, all materials (whether data, photographs, images or otherwise) that you submit on or to the Play Cricket Site Network ( Submitted Materials ). Where Submitted Materials include an image of any person who is under the age of 16 (Child), you confirm that you have obtained the consent of that Child’s parent or guardian and for any Child who is aged 12 or over, you have also obtained the Child’s consent. You must not include any personal information about Children in any Submitted Materials. You confirm that the Submitted Materials are accurate and not misleading. You hereby grant to the ECB a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free license to copy, publish, distribute the Submitted Materials in any media and form anywhere in the world for any purpose.

Availability. The Play Cricket Site Network is provided free of charge and as is and as available. We make no guarantee that it will be uninterrupted or error free. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or withdraw the whole or any part of the Play Cricket Site Network or any of its content at any time without
notice and without incurring any liability.

Access restrictions. The ECB is entitled, in its absolute discretion, to remove any Submitted Materials. The ECB will be entitled to suspend or terminate your access to the Play Cricket Site Network and the Main Administrator for each Sub Site will be entitled to suspend or terminate your access to their Sub Site at
any time without reason and without liability.

Links from and advertisements on the Play Cricket Site Network. From time to time, links to other websites and / or advertisements may be provided on the Play Cricket Site Network that are owned, provided and/or controlled by third parties. These links and advertisements are provided only for your interest and
convenience and neither the ECB nor any Cricket Organisation have any control over them and will have no liability in respect of any of them.

Monitoring. The ECB may monitor activity and content on the Play Cricket Site Network and may take any action we consider appropriate if we suspect you may be in breach of these Terms and Conditions including suspending, attaching conditions to or terminating your access and/or notifying the authorities or relevant regulators of your activities.

Security. We use firewalls and secure payment technologies to protect your information (see our Privacy Policy for more details). However, Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure and there is a risk, therefore, that any message or information you send to us from any part of the Play Cricket Site Network may be intercepted and potentially read by others. We will have no liability in respect of any transmissions you send to us and you do so entirely at your own risk.

Accuracy of information. We take care to ensure that all information available on the play-cricket website about our business, services and any products mentioned is accurate. However, these are continually developing and, occasionally, the information may be out of date. Commercial and legal practice change frequently and the materials on the Play Cricket Site Network, in any newsletters and in other items offering guidance have been prepared for general interest only and are not a substitute for specific legal, financial or other professional advice and should not be read or used as such.

Use of the play-cricket forum. As part of your access to the Play Cricket Site Network, you will be entitled to access the Play Cricket Site Network Forum (Forum). You acknowledge and accept that the Forum is not moderated. Neither the ECB nor any Cricket Organisation is responsible for, or in any way
liable in respect of, any messages or other materials posted in the Forum. When you use the Forum, you agree to comply with the license terms at paragraph 11 above in respect of your postings.

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE RESTRICTIONS, ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY YOUR ACTIONS MAY BRING A CLAIM AGAINST YOU, THE ECB AND/OR ANY CRICKET ORGANISATION. THE ECB AND/OR CRICKET ORGANISATIONS WILL PURSUE A CLAIM AGAINST YOU FOR ANY LOSSES AND COSTS (INCLUDING LEGAL COSTS) WE MAY EACH SUFFER AS A RESULT OF YOUR ACTIONS

In the event you consider another user has posted materials which do not comply with this clause, please notify the Super Site Administrator who will take appropriate action (which may include removing offending postings suspending, attaching conditions to or terminating the user’s access and/or notifying the authorities or relevant regulators of offending activities) as soon as reasonably practicable.

Disclaimer. ALTHOUGH WE TAKE CARE TO ENSURE THAT ALL MATERIAL ON THE PLAY CRICKET SITE WEBSITE IS CORRECT AND SUITABLE FOR USE, MISTAKES MAY, OCCASIONALLY, OCCUR AND THE ECB DOES NOT GIVE YOU ANY ASSURANCES THAT THE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE SUB SITES IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR SUBSITES WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS OR VIRUSES.
NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE PAGES OF THE PLAY CRICKET SITE NETWORK SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS COMMERCIAL, LEGAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. DETAILED PROFESSIONAL ADVICE SHOULD BE OBTAINED BEFORE TAKING OR REFRAINING FROM ANY ACTION BASED ON ANY OF THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE PLAY CRICKET SITE NETWORK OR ANY COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDED TO YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR REGISTRATION OR USE OF THE PLAY CRICKET WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE SUB SITES.

Use of the Play Cricket Site Network outside England and Wales. The ECB makes no claims or representations that any or all of the content of this website or any of the Sub Sites may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside mainland UK and, unless otherwise specifically stated, the content and the Play Cricket Site Network is directed solely at users who access them from mainland UK.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCESS THE PLAY-CRICKET SITE NETWORK FROM OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS OF YOUR JURISDICTION.

Liability for our mistakes. NEITHER WE NOR ANY CRICKET ORGANISATION WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE (IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHERWISE) UNLESS:
(A) THERE IS A BREACH OF A LEGAL DUTY OF CARE OWED TO YOU BY THE ECB / THE CRICKET ORGANISATION;
(B) THE LOSS OR DAMAGE IS NOT A REASONABLY FORESEEABLE RESULT OF ANY SUCH BREACH; OR
(C) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OR INCREASE IN LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTS FROM A BREACH BY YOU OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS EXCLUDES OR LIMITS LIABILITY FOR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION OR FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE OF THE ECB / CRICKET ORGANISATION (AS APPLICABLE).

Waiver. No delay or decision not to enforce rights under these terms and conditions will constitute a waiver of the right to do so and will not affect rights in relation to any subsequent breach.

Governing law. These Terms and Conditions are subject to the laws of England and Wales and you, the ECB and each Cricket Organisation hereby
submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME. THE NEW VERSION WILL BE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE AND WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING.

IF YOU USE THE Play-Cricket SITE NETWORK AFTER THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS HAVE COME INTO EFFECT, YOU WILL BE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS